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Sunday, 29 September 2013

40s style coat in the colours of autumn

A few months ago I did a little pattern swap with the lovely Esz from Kitty's Drawings. She commented on my vintage Singer post and kindly offered to send her excess Singer parts to me. I love swapping patterns: you can acquire some real treasures without the long search and spending a lot of munnies.

This DuBarry 5104 pattern is one of the treasures I chose from Esz's collection.

I have been stashing this brick red suiting fabric I bought 1,5 years ago from Riga waiting for the right project. I've been wanting to make a mid season coat for those days that aren't quite cold enough for a winter coat.

I found these lovely wooden buttons form a local craft shop. They were quite expensive, but anything less wouldn't do! I even made real bound buttonholes and used good ol' fashioned hair canvas for interfacing the collar and lapels.

Other supplies: hair canvas for facing the collar and lapels, fusible interfacing for supporting the bodice, wooden buttons, metal buckle, eyelts for belt and ribbon for interfacing the belt, tailor's shoulder pads and wadding for the sleeve caps.

Alterations: I only added about an inch to the girth, lengthened the sleeve by 1.5 inches and lifted the sleeve cap by half an inch.

THis is absolutely stunning! Excellent work. Everything about the coat and the overall "look" is just fabulous. Do you have any process shots? I'd love to see some details of how you made this. Did you pad stitch the collar?

Thank you Caroline. Unfortunately I didn't think of taking process photos, but I guess I could still photograph some details as the lining is open at the hem. Yes, I pad stitched the collar and lapels :)

I bought a rtw rain coat in a very similar shape to yours, and though I love it, every time I wear it I wish I had a proper warm one in the same style. Typical...yours is a vintage pattern! I will just have to admire it from afar.

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Velcome to Vintage Follies. My name is Leea and I'm a vintage loving girl from Finland. I'm blogging about my sewing, knitting, vintage finds and life style. I love the fashions of the 20's through 50's shoes,dancing, my cats and all the pretty things.